Got Acne?
Acne, also called pimples, zits or spots, must be the most common skin disease globally. For reasons we will come to understand later, the condition occurs more during adolescence, with over 85% of teenagers believed to suffer from acne. I am sure many of you have personal stories of your own battles or embarrassing memories of those black spots rearing their ugly heads the night before a big date or the high school photo shoot. 
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Maintaining a Healthy Diet - The Hidden Benefits of Fibers and Fluids
When fibers first appeared on the nutrition stage, they were heralded as a natural remedy for constipation-related problems and were marketed in that context. Research had shown that these indigestible plant products tended to travel through the GI system largely unchanged, had the ability to absorb water thereby softening and bulking stool, and made the defecation process easier.
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Maintaining a Healthy Diet
Know a thing or two about cars? If yes, then you might appreciate my recent find: a 1978 Mercedes Benz 280 SL convertible with only 97,000 miles!  The body of the car had a couple of dents and scratches but apart from that, it was in top-notch shape. Admiring the engine, I asked the owner what the secret was. “Ma’am” he grinned back, “this baby’s received yearly maintenance work and only the best oils this side of town can offer!”
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Women Achieving a Lifetime of Fitness Through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Last month we introduced the burgeoning world of female Jiu-Jitsu and its appeal as a fitness routine with staying power. Key to the sport’s longevity is its holistic structure. This month we focus on a few of the supplemental aspects that round out the program.
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The Obesity Epidemic: The Secret Cost of Extra Pounds
It is a sad realization that for many communities, the battle against such health issues as obesity begins with a transformation of cultural perceptions about weight and status. But why the concern over a few extra pounds?
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Unveiling of a Wounded Mind
For those who have never struggled with depression, the suggestion in this poem that it could cause such physical and emotional turmoil might seem quite hard to grasp. Yet maybe unbeknownst to you, depression might have knocked on your door and unable to recognize it, you might have called it by some other name… maybe it was ‘the blues that just wont go away' or ‘feeling under the weather or in the dumps' or better still ‘the not-so-pleasant side/twin' that you hid beneath a constant mask of smiles and courage?
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Silent Killers
The topic “silent killers” may be harsh, but reality is, it is one thing we might never be able to escape from.  As we enjoy our new lives in the diaspora, we feel untouchable and impenetrable most of the times, thinking that certain diseases and conditions are only found in Westerners.
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Urinary Tract Infections - the Naked Truth
Ever woken up one day to experience one or more of the following?
•  Burning or pain upon urination
•  Urinating more often during the day
•  Feeling like you are not able to urinate completely or needing to exert some pressure to get everything in your bladder out
•  Feeling the need to go immediately or not being able to hold urine before reaching a bathroom
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Infertility
Infertility has been a problem since the dawn of time.  Recall the story of Abraham and Sarah in the Old Testament of the Bible. In the story, Abraham and his wife, Sarah, could not have kids, and consequently, Sarah convinced Abraham to lay with their maid in order to conceive a child. Even in that biblical time, nothing was mentioned about the fact that Abraham could have been the infertile one of the couple.
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Gynecological Exams: Pap Smear - When and Why?
An annual gynecological exam is something a majority of women are very familiar with in the Western world.  The importance of this testing and other feminine health prevention topics have been over -emphasized so much that on the average, a majority of high school girls will experience a full gynecological exam before graduation.  However, this is not the case in developing countries or Africa per se.
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Knowledge That Can Save Your Life
The cause of breast cancer still remains unknown but research has shown some link with estrogen level and exposure. For estrogen-related cancers, treatment with the drug tamoxifen has significantly improved prognosis and survival rates. This, however, seems to hold true in women of European descent with estrogen positive receptors. Receptors are molecular structures on the surface of the cells in our body that bind specific hormones, drugs and chemicals.